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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 7C.001 — Definitions
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 7C: PROHIBITION ON RECOGNITION, SERVICE, AND ENFORCEMENT OF EXTREME RISK PROTECTIVE ORDERS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 7C.001
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
In this chapter: (1) "Extreme risk protective order" means a written order, warrant, or executive order issued by a court or signed by a magistrate or other court officer that: (A) has the primary purpose of reducing the risk of death or injury related to a firearm by: (i) prohibiting a person from owning, possessing, or receiving a firearm; or (ii) requiring a person to surrender a firearm or otherwise removing a firearm from a person; and (B) is not issued on the basis of conduct that resulted in a criminal charge for the person who is the subject of the order. (2) "Firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section 46.01 , Penal Code.
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